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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 25 2016 at 21:00
Originally posted by Kazza3 Kazza3 wrote:

I really recommend the new album by Moulettes, 'Preternatural'. They're an English kind of quirky art pop/art rock band with female vocal harmonies, cello and bassoon, who have moved into a bigger, proggier (at times), more fuzzed-out sound on this new record- probably particularly of interest to fans of some of the current wave of female-fronted prog-pop bands like Moetar, Bent Knee, etc.



(and from the previous album:)

This stuff is incredible! I can't believe I never heard them before!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2016 at 05:33
Vespero's Lique Mekwas album is excellent!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2016 at 05:43
Vespero goes Santana!! Nahh it's just the sax and percussion splashes that make me think of ol Carlos. Haven't spun it since I got it though. Maybe it's time for a revisit.

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Amoeba Split - Second Split
Our Solar System - s/t (not on PA) psych
Méta Méta - MM3 (not on PA) fusion/avant
Niechec - s/t (not on PA) fusion

One of my faves this year though has been Dutch band DeWolff's Roux-Ga-Roux. Completely abandoning their slight brush up with prog a little while back, they now seem far more content doing this wonderful mix of psychedelic south Saturn delta blues rock sounding particularly close to Dr. John from back in his Gris-Gris days. Absolute stunner of an album this one!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2016 at 05:52
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:


Our Solar System - s/t (not on PA) psych
They have a new album? Cool Thumbs Up Looking at the Psych chart, I cleared them one year ago Embarrassed

Oh, and since we spoke about the lack of Italian albums, I listened to Ad Maiora's new album yesterday and it seemed even better than the debut at first listen. Much shorter, quite spacey and there are songs sung in Italian now.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2016 at 05:52
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Vespero goes Santana!! Nahh it's just the sax and percussion splashes that make me think of ol Carlos. Haven't spun it since I got it though. Maybe it's time for a revisit.
Exactly what I was thinking man! It took me a while to appreciate since I have a problem with long albums, but it is very enjoyable. I would say it's a bit less progressive and I'm not sure it's the right word but more jamy maybe, but it doesn't really bother me in this case.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2016 at 17:24
I be likin' the new Kayo Dot.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2016 at 18:14
Vespero is indeed VERY good! i'm trying to get Sonanze newest album to a spin
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2016 at 03:52
I can't get enough of Gandalf's Fist "The Clockwork Fable" ...  It's amazing in so many ways.   Nothing like it on the Prog Scene.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 04:54
Bubu's Resplandor is a great little EP Approve
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 05:08
Originally posted by Sagichim Sagichim wrote:

Vespero's Lique Mekwas album is excellent!


I've got the CD ! StarStarStarStarStar

Another great band from RAIG Records: Human Factor - Homo Universum (2016).



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 05:32
Originally posted by Sagichim Sagichim wrote:

Bubu's Resplandor is a great little EP Approve

It is.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 07:27
Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Steven Wilson and Frequency Drift. Wink

Matthew Parmenter and Motorpsycho. Clap

Human Factor and Vespero. StarStarStarStarStar


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 07:46
Everybody else seems to have the new prog stuff well and truly covered here, so I'll not say too much other than suggest an album by the UK electronic act Plaid.  Their new one, The Digging Remedy is wholeheartedly recommended for lovers of progressive electronic music that doesn't qualify for inclusion here Wink.  Ie, IDM.  Think of the more pleasant Aphex Twin music, factor in loads of heavenly chord progressions and you're almost there.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 11:06
The new album by Sendelica is available for listening and pre-order on Bandcamp.
They are from Wales and play instrumental psychedelic space rock and they play it very well.
The actual album title is...
"The Pavilion Of Magic And The Trials Of The Seven Surviving Elohim"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2016 at 06:09
Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Steven Wilson and Frequency Drift. Wink

Matthew Parmenter and Motorpsycho. Clap

Human Factor and Vespero. StarStarStarStarStar

Long Distance Calling and Messenger. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2016 at 08:09
A few things I've come across recently...

Montenegro - Vivo  (Buenos Aires, Argentina  2016)
Deadeye Navigator - The Great Binge  (Oslo, Norway  2016)
Cattarse - Black Water   (Porto Alegre, Brazil  2016)
It Was The Elf - Fire Green  (Gafanha da Nazare, Portugal  2016)
Young Hunter - Young Hunter  (Portland, Oregon  2016)
Foghound - The World Unseen  (Baltimore, MD  2016)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2016 at 08:31
Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

It Was The Elf - Fire Green  (Gafanha da Nazare, Portugal  2016)
I'm pretty sure they're from Gouveia (the proggiest town here). How are the others by the way?


I listened to both albums released this year by Řresund Space Collective and they are really good, especially "West, Space and Love II": a very cool fusion of Electronic and Raga Rock, like the first one Cool
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2016 at 09:13
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

It Was The Elf - Fire Green  (Gafanha da Nazare, Portugal  2016)
I'm pretty sure they're from Gouveia (the proggiest town here). How are the others by the way?


I listened to both albums released this year by Řresund Space Collective and they are really good, especially "West, Space and Love II": a very cool fusion of Electronic and Raga Rock, like the first one Cool

Yeah, it's pretty easy to find the country of origin but the city is sometimes more difficult.  Smile
Most of the others would be variations on psych/stoner but I was going to suggest that you listen to the Montenegro album. They are an instrumental trio and the album was recorded live at a club. The full album is on YouTube.

I don't think I've heard "West, Space and Love II" but I have "Ode To A Black Hole" on my order list.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2016 at 09:31
listening to Vaults of Zin - Kadath right now, appears to be excellent! sounds like Shub Niggurath.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2016 at 09:37
Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

Yeah, it's pretty easy to find the country of origin but the city is sometimes more difficult.  Smile
Most of the others would be variations on psych/stoner but I was going to suggest that you listen to the Montenegro album. They are an instrumental trio and the album was recorded live at a club. The full album is on YouTube.

I don't think I've heard "West, Space and Love II" but I have "Ode To A Black Hole" on my order list.
Indeed, especially if the country is small like mine, many bands think the country is enough Tongue
Thanks, I'll give it a listen.

It's certainly more accessible than OTABH. Did you order it on vinyl? I'm not sure if it works well since it splits the song in two.
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